Mantha

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Provincial government will be a player in bid to bring NHL back to Winnipeg

CJOB News Team reporting

5/18/2011

The provincial government will be a player in the bid to bring NHL hockey back to Winnipeg.Premier Greg Selinger has always said the province is willing to assist to help support the long-term viability of NHL hockey in Manitoba.Sources tell CJOB funding for enhancements to MTS Centre is an option as is debt support to ensure the facility is financially viable.It does not mean expanding the arena. It means adding amenities to make sure it is NHL-ready.It does not include safeguarding against any losses.

grumpy old man

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IF the Jets return you watch the PRIVATE coin POUR into that area. There will be greater police presence. They will clean up more frequently. Hotels will be built. More restaurants. Hopefully more housing. And better yet perhaps some of these new facilities are built on top of an existing surface parking lot.

Now because CentreVenture money is available private investors will ask for their share. Whatever. Just make sure the people run out of the area congregate in Osborne Village area.

grumpy old man

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Outsider wrote:Starting to look like 1993 / 1994 all over again. And some Winnipeggers had the nerve to poke fun at Phoenix for paying the $25 million to cover the losses. I wonder who is laughing now.

Have ya considered waiting to hear what is actually involved?

BTW NO one laughed at Phoenix at all. Most of us snicker continuously at Glendale though. And for good reason. That city is run by complete imbeciles.

If Winnipeg or Manitoba posts $200 million up front and $25 million annually then feel free to take the holier than tour 'tude... Until then, suggest we wait to hear how much money is involved.

Outsider

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grumpy old man wrote:

Outsider wrote:Starting to look like 1993 / 1994 all over again. And some Winnipeggers had the nerve to poke fun at Phoenix for paying the $25 million to cover the losses. I wonder who is laughing now.

Have ya considered waiting to hear what is actually involved?

BTW NO one laughed at Phoenix at all. Most of us snicker continuously at Glendale though. And for good reason. That city is run by complete imbeciles.

If Winnipeg or Manitoba posts $200 million up front and $25 million annually then feel free to take the holier than tour 'tude... Until then, suggest we wait to hear how much money is involved.

Electrician

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Getting to sound like the Canadian MTS Museum of Hockey Rights...Especially the annual fee for costs...I wonder if the main exhibit will be the NHL? Or WWE midget wrestling...Funny how everyone (big businesses) always start a fuss, showing off great interests for something, and then, at the final moments of a deal, sneaking off in search of real money, not their own...

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grumpy old man

An agreement to sell the National Hockey League’s Atlanta Thrashers to a Winnipeg group which plans to relocate the franchise to the Manitoba capital is done.

Sources confirmed tonight that preparations are being made for an announcement Tuesday, confirming the sale and transfer of the Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns and operates the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League and the MTS Centre arena, which would become the NHL team’s new home.

Gary Bettman, the commissioner of the National Hockey League, is expected to travel to Winnipeg to make the news official.